Lanital was the Italian fibre made from casein, used during World War II in Italy as a substitute for wool. After the Second World War the fabric was abandoned because its quality was patently inferior to wool and because new synthetic materials came onto the market. A young fashion designer and biologist, Anke Domaske, based in Hanover, has succeeded with her brand “Qmilch” where other companies have failed to do so, creating a milk fibre for textile use that is water-resistant and tear-proof.
Qmilch makes sure it uses only milk left over from other production processes and no longer fit for human consumption. If you consider that, just in Germany alone, about 2 million tons of milk are thrown away each year, it is a perfect way to turn a waste into a resource. When you think that to produce 1 kg of Qmilch you need less than 2 litres of water as against more than 10,000 litres to produce the same quantity of cotton, it is easy to calculate the benefits for the environment, let alone for the fashion industry, which has “always” been so concerned about our planet’s sustainability.

It is cheaper to manufacture goods in Mexico than in any Asian country. So it would seem from the growing trend for companies to flock there, helping to drastically reduce the country’s level of unemployment to as low as 5 %, so much so Mexico is now the second biggest economy in Latin America. Just consider the fact that less than 10 years ago there were at least 8-900,000 Mexicans who illegally tried to get into the USA but that only last year 300,000 returned precisely because the work situation had improved so dramatically. According to a Brooking Institute report in 2010, more than 100,000 jobs have been created by car manufacturers. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Audi and Volkswagen have all announced expansion plans for the coming years with investments totalling more than US$10 billion. More than 1,400 Italian companies including Ferrero have also been positioning themselves in the country – all of which means you can definitely say the trend is significant. Arriba, arriba Mexico!
It is cheaper to manufacture goods in Mexico than in any Asian country. So it would seem from the growing trend for companies to flock there, helping to drastically reduce the country’s level of unemployment to as low as 5 %, so much so Mexico is now the second biggest economy in Latin America. Just consider the fact that less than 10 years ago there were at least 8-900,000 Mexicans who illegally tried to get into the USA but that only last year 300,000 returned precisely because the work situation had improved so dramatically. According to a Brooking Institute report in 2010, more than 100,000 jobs have been created by car manufacturers. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Audi and Volkswagen have all announced expansion plans for the coming years with investments totalling more than US$10 billion. More than 1,400 Italian companies including Ferrero have also been positioning themselves in the country – all of which means you can definitely say the trend is significant. Arriba, arriba Mexico!